5 speed conversion
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:40 pm
This thread was Formerly titled 020 check out and reseal. I changed the name, after including 5 speed conversion info, so it would pull up easily in search function.
From viewtopic.php?t=8317"%20target="_blank Scott brought me a 5 speed and wanted the internals checked out and the trans resealed.
Heres the grimey beast he got from a salvage yard out of a caddy diesel.
I found almost nothing wrong with it. There was some wear on the 5th fork.
Here's the case after coming out of the "steam cabinet" parts washer. Hardly looks clean at all, but all the grease is gone. (compare to first picture) Lots of crusty oxidation on the case and paint wont stick to it.
So we gave the case the sand blast treatment. This is the empty case, bolted together and plugged to keep the sand out.
Heres a close-up after the bead blast.
Then a quick coat of paint, before reinstalling the internal parts.
Got to show the 2nd shot also because the flash makes it look really pretty. I hope I dont get greasy fingerprints on it while reinstalling the internals!
Early 020's like this one have squared notches in the hubs that tend to crack. All the hubs in this trans were squared but only one had a crack. Scott just wanted to replace the one with a crack. I'll get a picture of the early vs late hub, after the parts arrive, but I doubt the crack will show up in a picture.
The whole trans was disassembled, and all the individual parts went through the steam cabinet, we're replacing gaskets, seals, the cracked hub, and the 5th gear fork and associated parts are being updated to the late style.
More to come.....
From viewtopic.php?t=8317"%20target="_blank Scott brought me a 5 speed and wanted the internals checked out and the trans resealed.
Heres the grimey beast he got from a salvage yard out of a caddy diesel.
I found almost nothing wrong with it. There was some wear on the 5th fork.
Here's the case after coming out of the "steam cabinet" parts washer. Hardly looks clean at all, but all the grease is gone. (compare to first picture) Lots of crusty oxidation on the case and paint wont stick to it.
So we gave the case the sand blast treatment. This is the empty case, bolted together and plugged to keep the sand out.
Heres a close-up after the bead blast.
Then a quick coat of paint, before reinstalling the internal parts.
Got to show the 2nd shot also because the flash makes it look really pretty. I hope I dont get greasy fingerprints on it while reinstalling the internals!
Early 020's like this one have squared notches in the hubs that tend to crack. All the hubs in this trans were squared but only one had a crack. Scott just wanted to replace the one with a crack. I'll get a picture of the early vs late hub, after the parts arrive, but I doubt the crack will show up in a picture.
The whole trans was disassembled, and all the individual parts went through the steam cabinet, we're replacing gaskets, seals, the cracked hub, and the 5th gear fork and associated parts are being updated to the late style.
More to come.....